Climate Change

Baroness Verma: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Climate Change (Greg Barker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I am announcing today that the Department of Energy and Climate Change has commenced the first triennial review of the Committee on Climate Change. Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies are part of the Government's commitment to ensuring accountability in public life. I will announce the findings of the review later this year.

Northern Ireland: Security

Baroness Randerson: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
	The Government have received and welcomed the annual report from Lord Carlile of Berriew on the operation of arrangements for handling national security matters in Northern Ireland for the period 22 November 2011 to 11 December 2012.
	Lord Carlile is briefed by both the PSNI and the Security Service for the purpose of his reports; he states that he is satisfied that the briefings he has received have been full and not selective. He states that the Security Service and the Police Service of Northern Ireland work well together and clearly in the national interest.
	Lord Carlile reports that the level of terrorist activity appears broadly similar to that of the previous year; it remains a challenging and variable environment for the PSNI and Security Service. He notes the very serious incidents which took place in 2012, including the murder of David Black on 1 November and states that the overall picture is of a very dangerous, unpredictable terrorist threat.
	I welcome the content of this report and have made it available to the Home Secretary. Given its sensitive nature, I do not however intend to place copies in the Library.

Police: Grants

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	My right honourable friend the Home Secretary has today laid before the House the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2013-14 (HC 876). The report sets out my right honourable friend the Home Secretary's determination for 2013-14 of the aggregate amount of grant that she proposes to pay under Section 46(2) of the Police Act 1996, and the amount to be paid to the Greater London Authority for the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.
	This Statement also includes details of other funding streams that the Home Office, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Government intend to provide to the police in 2013-14.
	The Police Grant Settlement 2013-14
	
		
			 Table 1: Police revenue funding - figures for 2013-14 
			  2013-14 
			  £m 
			 Total General Funding:  
			 Comprising....  
			 Police Core Settlement 4725 
			 of which Home Office Police Main Grant 4540 
			 of which National, International and Capital City Grant (MOPAC only) 185 
			 DCLG 3144 
			 of which formula funding 3067 
			 of which council tax (11-12) freeze grant 75 
			 of which Ordnance Survey 2 
			 Welsh Government 148 
			 Total Home Office Specific Grants:  
			 Comprising....  
			 Welsh Top-up 13 
			 Counter Terrorism Specific Grant 563 
			 NPoCC 1 
			 PFI Grant 60 
			 Total Government Funding 8660* 
			 % cash change in Total Government Funding -1.9%** 
		
	
	* Includes a small amount of contingency funding which is not shown in the table.
	** This is the difference in total central Government funding to the police compared to 2012-13 which included additional funding relating to the PCC elections. The reduction in core Government funding (ie funding that is damped) is 1.6%.
	
		
			 Table 2: Division of police capital between funding streams 
			  2013-14 2014-15 
			  £m £m 
			 Capital Grant 106 109 
			 National Police Air Service 13 10 
			 Special Grant Capital 1 1 
			 Total 120 120 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 3: Revenue allocations for England and Wales 2013-14 
			 Local Policing Body 2013-14 
			  HO Core CSF Welsh Top-up WG DCLG* 
			£m   
			 Avon & Somerset 115.8 2.4 0 0.0 61.5 
			 Bedfordshire 44.5 0.9 0 0.0 25.5 
			 Cambridgeshire 53.7 0.9 0 0.0 26.5 
			 Cheshire 68.4 0.8 0 0.0 49.0 
			 City of London 20.6 0.1 0 0.0 37.2 
			 Cleveland 50.2 1.7 0 0.0 42.3 
			 Cumbria 31.9 0.4 0 0.0 33.9 
			 Derbyshire 68.9 1.0 0 0.0 41.2 
			 Devon & Cornwall 114.0 1.6 0 0.0 68.9 
			 Dorset 45.9 0.6 0 0.0 18.8 
			 Durham 47.3 0.8 0 0.0 40.6 
			 Dyfed-Powys 33.9 0.9 6.0 15.0 0 
			 Essex 114.4 1.2 0 0.0 60.9 
			 Gloucestershire 38.2 0.5 0 0.0 21.3 
			 Greater London Authority 1138.4 18.4 0 0.0 821.4 
			 Greater Manchester 248.3 6.8 0 0.0 199.0 
			 Gwent 47.1 1.4 0 32.3 0 
			 Hampshire 133.6 1.5 0 0.0 68.8 
			 Hertfordshire 79.5 0.8 0 0.0 39.6 
			 Humberside 73.4 2.3 0 0.0 51.0 
			 Kent 118.3 1.3 0 0.0 72.8 
			 Lancashire 111.4 1.8 0 0.0 86.8 
			 Leicestershire 71.9 1.6 0 0.0 43.3 
			 Lincolnshire 42.6 0.6 0 0.0 22.1 
			 Merseyside 134.7 3.1 0 0.0 124.0 
			 Norfolk 55.9 0.7 0 0.0 31.4 
			 North Wales 48.8 1.4 6.9 23.9 0 
			 North Yorkshire 46.3 0.6 0 0.0 29.6 
			 Northamptonshire 47.7 0.9 0 0.0 26.4 
			 Northumbria 121.2 2.8 0 0.0 118.1 
			 Nottinghamshire 84.9 2.8 0 0.0 52.6 
			 South Wales 97.6 3.5 0 76.6 0 
			 South Yorkshire 110.0 3.2 0 0.0 84.9 
			 Staffordshire 73.8 1.0 0 0.0 43.6 
			 Suffolk 45.3 0.6 0 0.0 24.9 
			 Surrey 69.3 0.7 0 0.0 31.7 
			 Sussex 108.9 1.2 0 0.0 58.7 
			 Thames Valley 155.9 3.1 0 0.0 80.4 
			 Warwickshire 34.5 0.4 0 0.0 19.0 
			 West Mercia 73.7 1.0 0 0.0 47.4 
			 West Midlands 275.3 7.0 0 0.0 197.5 
			 West Yorkshire 187.8 5.3 0 0.0 141.7 
			 Wiltshire 41.7 0.5 0 0.0 22.5 
			 Total England & Wales 4725.4 90.0 12.8 147.8 3067.2 
		
	
	* Does not include the £75m for the 11-12 council tax freeze grant.
	The police will also separately receive council tax support funding from DCLG. Allocations for 2013-14 have been published on the DCLG website.
	
		
			 Table 4: Capital grant allocations for England and Wales for 2013-14 (actual) and 2014-15 (indicative) 
			 Local Policing Body 2013-14 2014-15 
			  £m £m 
			 Avon and Somerset 2.3 2.4 
			 Bedfordshire 1.0 1.0 
			 Cambridgeshire 1.2 1.2 
			 Cheshire 1.5 1.5 
			 City of London 0.8 0.9 
			 Cleveland 1.2 1.2 
			 Cumbria 0.8 0.9 
			 Derbyshire 1.4 1.5 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2.5 2.6 
			 Dorset 1.0 1.0 
			 Durham 1.1 1.2 
			 Dyfed-Powys 0.7 0.8 
			 Essex 2.2 2.2 
			 Gloucestershire 0.9 0.9 
			 Greater Manchester 5.4 5.5 
			 Gwent 1.0 1.1 
			 Hampshire 2.7 2.8 
			 Hertfordshire 1.4 1.4 
			 Humberside 1.6 1.7 
			 Kent 2.5 2.5 
			 Lancashire 2.5 2.6 
			 Leicestershire 1.6 1.6 
			 Lincolnshire 0.9 0.9 
			 Merseyside 3.1 3.2 
			 Metropolitan 28.1 29.0 
			 Norfolk 1.2 1.3 
			 North Wales 1.1 1.1 
			 North Yorkshire 1.0 1.0 
			 Northamptonshire 1.0 1.0 
			 Northumbria 2.9 3.0 
			 Nottinghamshire 1.7 1.8 
			 South Wales 2.3 2.3 
			 South Yorkshire 2.5 2.6 
			 Staffordshire 1.6 1.6 
			 Suffolk 1.0 1.0 
			 Surrey 1.4 1.5 
			 Sussex 2.1 2.2 
			 Thames Valley 3.4 3.5 
			 Warwickshire 1.0 1.0 
			 West Mercia 1.7 1.7 
			 West Midlands 5.7 5.9 
			 West Yorkshire 4.2 4.3 
			 Wiltshire 0.9 1.0 
			 Total England & Wales 106.0 109.3